TitleBig Store Date1948 SubjectBig Store DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a block of retail shops, including The Big Store, Ver Duin Sports Cent... View Details
TitleStore displays of fishing rods Date1949-03-01 SubjectFishing -- Equipment and supplies -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Display of ""Shakespeare Fine Fishing Tackle"" includes product displays of Glass Fiber... View Details
TitleCook Mercantile Company Datec. 1890 SubjectCook Mercantile Company DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a women and two men, along with a horse-drawn wagon, outside of Cook M... View Details
TitleS.S. Milwaukee Clipper Date1964 SubjectPassenger ships -- Michigan, Lake DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the S.S. Milwaukee Clipper with passengers aboard on Lake Michigan. View Details
TitleGrand Haven Pier and Coast Guard Cutters Datec. 1930 SubjectUnited States. Coast Guard DescriptionBlack and white photo of two tugboats and two US Coast Guard cutters in ice near the end of the Sout... View Details
TitleCar Ferry Milwaukee Date1912 SubjectHarbors -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the carferry Milwaukee and passenger ships Alabama, Crosby, and Nyack ... View Details
TitleCar Ferry Grand Haven Date1960 SubjectFerries -- Michigan, Lake DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the car ferry Grand Haven, passing under a railroad bridge on the Gran... View Details
TitleWar waste paper display Date1944-07-29 SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945 DescriptionAdvertising. Display boards ""Your Waste Paper Goes to War"" ""Ration K"" and ""Shell Cases"" featur... View Details
TitleChallenge Corn Planter Works, View to North Date1894 SubjectChallenge Corn Planter Works DescriptionBlack and white photo of Challenge Corn Planter Works, located between Seventh and Monroe Streets on... View Details
TitleChallenge Corn Planter Works, View to South Date1894 SubjectChallenge Corn Planter Works DescriptionBlack and white photo of Challenge Corn Planter Works, located between Seventh and Monroe Streets on... View Details
TitleInterurban Spring Lake Date1907 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Spring Lake DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Interurban that became Savidge Street in Spring Lake, MI. View Details
TitleInterurban, Dummy Line Date1910 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Grand Haven street-railway known as the View Details
TitleInterurban, Grand Haven Date1920 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Interurban Car #4808, shown with crew, on tracks near Grand Haven. View Details
TitleInterurban, Grand Haven Date1910 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph showing the Interurban car in front of the Station & Ice-Cream Store, Hig... View Details
TitleInterurban, Fruitport Date1928 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Interurban junction east of Fruitport. The Interurban connected G... View Details
TitleS.S. Detroit Datec. 1850 SubjectS.S. Detroit (Ship) DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the S.S. Detroit docked at the Detroit and Milwaukee Depot, located at... View Details
TitleS.S. City of Milwaukee Datec. 1850 SubjectS.S. City of Milwaukee (Ship) DescriptionSepia photograph of the S.S. City of Milwaukee near the mouth of the Grand River, Grand Haven Harbor... View Details
TitleSchooner Willie Loutit Datec. 1900 SubjectWillie Loutit (Ship) DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the schooner Willie Loutit lying at anchor at Hessel, MI. The three-m... View Details
TitleSteamer Fanny M. Rose Datec. 1896 SubjectFanny M. Rose (Ship) DescriptionThe Fanny M. Rose was built by the Grand Haven Shipbuilding Company and began service in 1893. She w... View Details
TitleSurname index to newspaper clippings regarding the Milan MI area. Approx. dates 1885-1991, Page 001 Date1994 SubjectObituaries-Michigan-Milan, Indexes DescriptionSurnames Abbott, Lucratia through Allen, Alma View Details
TitleThe 1952 Bulldog Date1952 SubjectYearbooks DescriptionPages from Bentley High School 1952 yearbook including the following staff and students: Shirley All... View Details
TitleAerial View -- 1953 Datec. 1953 SubjectSt. Joseph (Mich) -- Silver Beach DescriptionAn aerial view showing the roller coaster, pavilion, and other buildings remaining in the early 1950... View Details
TitleParking Area and Roller Coaster Datec. 1959 SubjectSt. Joseph (Mich) -- Silver Beach DescriptionA view of the roller coaster with cars parked in front of it. Times are changing. View Details
TitleBathing near the Boardwalk at Silver Beach Datec. 1907 SubjectSt. Joseph (Mich) -- Silver Beach DescriptionGentlemen in their suits, ladies in dresses and summery hats enjoy the beach and the midway, while b... View Details
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